Nathan

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CCNA Exploration 3 LAN Switching and Wireless – Chapter 5 Exam

07/09/2010 - 5:44 pm

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01. Refer to the exhibit. All switches in the network have empty MAC tables. STP has been disabled on the switches in the network. How will a broadcast frame that is sent by host PC1 be handled on the network?

Switch SW1 will block the broadcast and drop the frame.
Switch SW1 will forward the [...]

Active Directory integration with Samba for RHEL/CentOS5.5

04/09/2010 - 10:19 pm

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I’ve been asked to develop an enterprise level of complex network servers that can provide many services including mail server, ftp, web server, file server, print server, backup server, roaming profiles and user’s home directory.. etc. The client demanded at least one Linux machine regardless of the service running on it.
I’ve decided to run the [...]

Windows Server 2003 – File Server and Shadow Copy

30/08/2010 - 12:19 am

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CCNA Exploration 3 LAN Switching and Wireless – Chapter 4 Exam

28/08/2010 - 8:28 pm

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01. Which statement is true when VTP is configured on a switched network that incorporates VLANs?

VTP is only compatible with the 802.1Q standard.
VTP adds to the complexity of managing a switched network.
VTP allows a switch to be configured to belong to more than one VTP domain.
VTP dynamically communicates VLAN changes [...]

CCNA Exploration 3 LAN Switching and Wireless – Chapter 3 Exam

13/08/2010 - 9:34 pm

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01. Which two statements describe the benefits of VLANs? (Choose two.)

VLANs improve network performance by regulating flow control and window size.
VLANs enable switches to route packets to remote networks via VLAN ID filtering.
VLANs reduce network cost by reducing the number of physical ports required on switches.
VLANs improve network security by [...]

CCNA Exploration 3 LAN Switching and Wireless – Chapter 2 Exam

27/06/2010 - 6:18 pm

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01. When a collision occurs in a network using CSMA/CD, how do hosts with data to transmit respond after the backoff period has expired?

The hosts return to a listen-before-transmit mode.
The hosts creating the collision have priority to send data.
The hosts creating the collision retransmit the last 16 frames.
The hosts extend [...]

CentOS Mirrors Australia and Worldwide

22/06/2010 - 7:13 pm

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Please be advised that all mirrors listed in this post are valid by the time of publishing this post.

CCNA Exploration 3 LAN Switching and Wireless – Chapter 1 Exam

06/06/2010 - 4:48 pm

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01. Which layer of the hierarchical network design model is refered to as the high-speed backbone of the internetwork, where high availability and redundancy are critical?

access layer
core layer
data-link layer
distribution layer
network layer
physical layer

CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols and Concepts – Final Exam

06/05/2010 - 11:11 pm

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01. Refer to the exhibit.
R1 knows two routes, Path A and Path B, to the Ethernet network attached to R3. R1 learned Path A to network 10.2.0.0/16 from a static route and Path B to network 10.2.0.0/16 from EIGRP. Which route will R1 install in its routing table?

Both routes are installed and load balancing [...]

CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols and Concepts – Chapter 11 Exam

01/05/2010 - 8:37 pm

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01. Refer to the exhibit. What does the “O*E2″ from the “O*E2 0.0.0.0/0 [110/1] via 192.168.1.1, 00:05:34, Serial0/0″ line represent?

an internal type 2 OSPF route.
an external OSPF route at least two hops away.
an external OSPF route from two different sources.
an external OSPF route that will not increment in cost.
a default [...]

Shell script to list out the contents of a file

29/04/2010 - 10:45 pm

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This shell script will list out the contents of a file using MENU DRIVEN, considering the following:
- The user enters the file name (may enter a path)
- The script reads in the file name
- It checks if it exists and it is a file
- If it does not, it warns the user
- Otherwise it should [...]

CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols and Concepts – Chapter 10 Exam

29/04/2010 - 2:18 pm

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01. Refer to the exhibit. When Router D is configured to use a link-state routing protocol and is added to the network, what is the first thing that it does to begin learning the network topology?

It sends LSP packets to Routers B and C.
It sends LSP packets to all routers in the network.
[...]

CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols and Concepts–Chapter9 Exam

28/04/2010 - 7:01 pm

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01. On a router running EIGRP, what database would maintain a list of feasible successors?

routing table
neighbor table
topology table
adjacency table

02. Refer to the exhibit. This is the debug output from 2 directly connected EIGRP routers. They are not forming an adjacency. What is the cause?

one router is a non-cisco router
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Windows Server 2008 Hardware Requirements

27/04/2010 - 7:57 pm

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When determining hardware requirements to install and run Windows Server 2008 and any application or services you are about to run on the server, you need to focus on three hardware resources with keeping in mind the rule “The more the better”:

CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols and Concepts – Chapter 8 Exam

27/04/2010 - 5:48 pm

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01. Refer to the exhibit. What can be determined from this output?

The router will have to perform recursive lookups to forward a packet destined for 192.168.2.213/24.
The parent route for these networks was removed from the routing table.
A route to 192.168.0.0/25 would be classified as a supernet route for the routes listed in [...]

Remove XP Security 2010, Vista Security 2010

25/04/2010 - 2:37 am

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XP Security (or Vista Security) is a rogue antispyware program. It is also known as:
- XP Internet Security 2010
- Vista Security Tool 2010
- XP AntiSpyware 2010
- XP Antimalware 2010
- Antivirus XP 2010
- XP Smart security 2010

The Printer name is invalid, Code 80070709

24/04/2010 - 6:54 pm

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This is a common error with VBScripts, it occurs when you using a script to map a network printer to a user. To determine the cause of  such an error and to track down this issue try one or all of the following:
1. Make sure there is no mistakes in the script and the printer [...]

CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols and Concepts – Chapter 7 Exam

21/04/2010 - 9:22 pm

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01. Refer to the exhibit. If all routers are running RIP version 2, why is there no route for the 192.168.1.32/27 network?

Rip version 2 does not send subnet masks in its updates.
Router A is not setup with RIP as a routing protocol.
Rip version 2 will auto summarize routes by default.
Router B [...]

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